British Columbia

Biden and the first lady head to District of Columbia public middle school to welcome back students

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are visiting a District of Columbia public middle school on Monday to welcome students back for the new school year. The Bidens are head...

Aug 28, 2023

Residents of B.C.'s wildfire-stricken Shuswap region will soon learn fate of homes

Residents of British Columbia's Shuswap region forced from their homes by a destructive wildfire just over a week ago will soon learn the fate of their properties. Derek Sutherland, director of the em...

Greg Fry Aug 28, 2023

Texas takeover raises back-to-school anxiety for Houston students, parents and teachers

HOUSTON (AP) - The library at Houston's Lockhart Elementary had been a refuge for 8-year-old Sydney, who has struggled because of dyslexia. The school's librarian, Cheryl Hensley, curated a space that...

Aug 27, 2023

Trump lawyers back in DC court as two sides differ over trial date in election subversion case

WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawyers for Donald Trump are due back in court Monday as a federal judge considers radically conflicting proposals for a trial date in the case accusing him of working to overturn th...

Aug 27, 2023

Salvation Army leader supports Kelowna-area fire fight with free meals

WEST KELOWNA, B.C. - Jennifer Hansen was evacuated from her home in the West Kelowna, B.C., area last week, but that hasn't stopped the Westside Salvation Army captain from feeding firefighters and ot...

Aug 26, 2023

Canadian ministers vow to accelerate action at global environment conference in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Politicians and environmental leaders from more than 180 countries have been in Vancouver, B.C., this week, with many pledging to accelerate action on climate change and biodiversity loss ...

Aug 25, 2023

Ibrahim Ali murder trial: B.C. teen's mom tells of 'darkest day'

VANCOUVER - The mother of a 13-year-old girl whose body was found in a Burnaby, B.C., park six years ago says her "heart was bleeding" when she found out that her daughter had died. The Chinese woman,...

Aug 25, 2023

Chief of small Okanagan, B.C., brigade says 13 firefighters lost own homes to blaze

KELOWNA, B.C. - The chief of a small rural fire department in B.C.'s Okanagan region says 13 members of his own crew have lost their homes while fighting wildfires this season. Wilson's Landing Fire C...

Aug 25, 2023

Back-to-school: Parents offer tips on how they save during annual shopping spree

Two weekends ago, Anne Zarifa and her children sat down to make a list of clothes they'd need for the coming school year after sifting through their closets to get rid of anything too small or worn ou...

Aug 25, 2023

Evacuation orders, final travel ban lifted for Kelowna area as wildfires diminish

The last travel restriction for the Okanagan region in British Columbia has been lifted alongside all previous evacuation orders within Kelowna's city limits, as wildfires there diminish after this we...

Aug 25, 2023